visad
Class TextType

java.lang.Object
  visad.MathType
      visad.ScalarType
          visad.TextType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public class TextType
extends ScalarType

TextType is the VisAD scalar data type for text string variables.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static TextType

Generic

Constructor Summary

TextType(String name)
name of type (two TextTypes are equal if their names are equal)

Method Summary

MathType	binary(MathType type, int op, Vector names)
ShadowType	buildShadowType(DataDisplayLink link, ShadowType parent)
MathType	cloneDerivative(RealType d_partial)
boolean	equals(Object type) Indicates if this ScalarType is the same as another object.
boolean	equalsExceptName(MathType type) this is useful for determining compatibility of Data objects for binary mathematical operations; any RealTypes are equal; any TextTypes are equal; TupleTypes are equal if their components are equal; FunctionTypes are equal if their domains and ranges are equal
boolean	equalsExceptNameButUnits(MathType type)
static TextType	getTextType(String name) create a new TextType, or return it if it already exists
static TextType	getTextTypeByName(String name) return any TextType constructed in this JVM with name, or null
Data	missingData() returns a missing Data object for any MathType
String	prettyString(int indent)
MathType	unary(int op, Vector names)

Methods inherited from class visad.ScalarType

alias, compareTo, getAlias, getName, getNameWithBlanks, getOriginalName, getScalarTypeByName, hashCode, readResolve, validateName

Methods inherited from class visad.MathType

addTimeAlias, findScalarType, guessMaps, main, prettyString, stringToType, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

Generic

public static final TextType Generic

Constructor Detail

TextType

public TextType(String name)
         throws VisADException

name of type (two TextTypes are equal if their names are equal)

Throws:

VisADException

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object type)

Description copied from class: ScalarType

Indicates if this ScalarType is the same as another object.

Overrides:

equals in class ScalarType

Parameters:

type - The other object.

Returns:

true if and only if the other object is a ScalarType and compares equal to this ScalarType.

equalsExceptName

public boolean equalsExceptName(MathType type)

Description copied from class: MathType

this is useful for determining compatibility of Data objects for binary mathematical operations; any RealTypes are equal; any TextTypes are equal; TupleTypes are equal if their components are equal; FunctionTypes are equal if their domains and ranges are equal

Specified by:

equalsExceptName in class MathType

equalsExceptNameButUnits

public boolean equalsExceptNameButUnits(MathType type)
                                 throws VisADException

Specified by:

equalsExceptNameButUnits in class MathType

Throws:

VisADException

cloneDerivative

public MathType cloneDerivative(RealType d_partial)
                         throws VisADException

Specified by:

cloneDerivative in class MathType

Throws:

VisADException

binary

public MathType binary(MathType type,
                       int op,
                       Vector names)
                throws VisADException

Specified by:

binary in class MathType

Throws:

VisADException

unary

public MathType unary(int op,
                      Vector names)
               throws VisADException

Specified by:

unary in class MathType

Throws:

VisADException

getTextType

public static TextType getTextType(String name)

create a new TextType, or return it if it already exists

getTextTypeByName

public static TextType getTextTypeByName(String name)

return any TextType constructed in this JVM with name, or null

prettyString

public String prettyString(int indent)

Specified by:

prettyString in class MathType

missingData

public Data missingData()
                 throws VisADException

Description copied from class: MathType

returns a missing Data object for any MathType

Specified by:

missingData in class MathType

Throws:

VisADException

buildShadowType

public ShadowType buildShadowType(DataDisplayLink link,
                                  ShadowType parent)
                           throws VisADException,
                                  RemoteException

Specified by:

buildShadowType in class MathType

Throws:

VisADException

RemoteException